11th August 1945
I sneaked up to Gora today to see how the Soviet diplomats were getting along._The village itself was quiet; the streets were almost deserted; the… Read More »11th August 1945
Tokyo
10th August 1945
The Soviet declaration of war has thrown this diplomatic hideout into a turmoil even louder and more confused than the new bomb. Even those who… Read More »10th August 1945
9th August 1945
As San Francisco announced that the second “atomic” bomb had been dropped on Nagasaki shortly before noon, the vernaculars started to open up a little… Read More »9th August 1945
8th August 1945
The details of the new bomb are still “under investigation”. One feels that the authorities are just an puzzled and bewildered by the whole thing… Read More »8th August 1945
7th August 1945
The San Francisco radio announced today that a new “atomic” bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima yesterday the 6th, wiping out 60 per cent of… Read More »7th August 1945
6th August 1945
After leading off its Potsdam story two days ago with the observation that the Big Three “failed to produce anything that has direct bearing on… Read More »6th August 1945
5th August 1945
The director of the Catholic school in Gora confessed to me that they were living on a day to day basis. What made things worse,… Read More »5th August 1945
4th August, 1945
A number of Filipino students were returning home the other day when their train was strafed. An Indonesian with them was killed outright by a… Read More »4th August, 1945
3rd August, 1945
In this breathing-spell before invasion, it is strange, looking around, to see how imperceptibly and yet how inevitably these people and their country, through the… Read More »3rd August, 1945